The opening round tees off Thursday morning at Glen Abbey in Oakville.
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Day is the defending champion of this tournament and the No. 1 ranked player in the world. Would he to win this week, the Carolinian bomber would have won both the USA and Canadian Opens.
Jason Day will defend the title he won in a tense battle with Bubba Watson previous year, successful by one shot after rushing back from St Andrews following his near miss at the Open Championship. He enters this event as 17 in the world rankings.
There will be 12 Canadians playing, which is the second-lowest number of home-country entrants in the last 10 years. Last year, Day was just starting an incredible run of wins, taking down the top prize a whopping eight times since February of last year. Below are some of the names to watch out for despite not owning the best chances.
Johnson fired a one-under 70 in the final round of the Open Championship to finish two-under-par for the week in a tie for ninth.
William McGirt has been in great form this season, winning the Memorial a few weeks ago in his breakthrough PGA Tour victory and interestingly has been twice runner-up at the Canadian Open including when second to Brandt Snedeker at Glen Abbey in 2013.
For fantasy managers, the event will present a familiar challenge – we have a full field of PGA Tour members to sift through.
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The Summer of Golf continues: We had a major last week and there’s a major next week. Considering it’s sandwiched between two major championships, the quality is strong. Those two wins came at venues but he has also played well at Glen Abbey.
